Technologies of Refuge and Displacement: Rethinking Digital Divides - Couverture souple

Leung, Linda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1498500048 ISBN 13 : 9781498500043

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2021

Synopsis

Technologies of Refuge and Displacement: Rethinking Digital Divides aims to theoretically and practically understand technology access and use from the perspective of those on the "wrong" side of the digital divide. Specifically, it examines refugees as a group that has received scant attention as technology users, despite their urgent need for technological access to sustain tenuous links to family and loved ones during displacement. It draws from over 100 interviews and surveys with refugees conducted from 2007 to 2011, utilizing this empirical data to interrogate well-known theories about technology and its users. In doing so, it seeks to rethink the popular model of "digital divide" and offer alternative ways of conceptualizing technology literacy and access. It examines how principles from design and IT industries can be applied to contexts with constrained availability, access, and affordability to provide technology services that accommodate users with limited technical and language literacies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Linda Leung is associate professor and honorary associate at the University of Technology Sydney.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498500048
• ISBN 13: 9781498500043
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 154
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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